The Culture of Incarceration: How Mental Health Professionals Can Navigate the Prison World
For centuries, some form of prison has existed to remove personal freedoms when individuals have been found guilty of violating others’ rights. This training will focus on a maximum-security prison, its structure, and its unique culture. Common mental health diagnoses among inmates will be reviewed—as well as relevant lawsuits that have led to the provision of services in the prison context. Participants will learn how to better serve anyone who is (or has been) incarcerated, and they will leave with a better understanding of prison culture.
Upon completion of the seminar, participants will:
Identify material and non-material aspects of the prison culture.
Understand the role of mental health professionals and the specific duties they perform within the prison context.
Recognize diagnoses and commonly used clinical skills.
3 Cultural Competence CEUs available to Social Workers through the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation
Cost: $45 Cost of lunch and CEUs included
Dr. Barry Lee has worked in settings such as day treatment for individuals with serious mental illnesses, inpatient behavioral health, EAP and crisis response, higher education, and community mental health. He is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with a Doctor of Clinical Psychology degree from the Adler School. Dr. Lee is also a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Certified Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Counselor with a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Currently, Dr. Lee serves as Staff Psychologist in the Pontiac Correctional Center in Pontiac, IL.
